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Cumberland Plateau. Coordinates: 32.4761206°N 85.0525375°W. Map showing the Cumberland Plateau in yellow as defined by Bailey's ecoregions. The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern ...
The roughest and highest portion of the plateau is a narrow linear ridge about 140 miles (225 km) long that forms its eastern margin in eastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee; the name Cumberland Mountains is generally applied to this area. These mountains vary in elevation from 2,000 feet (600 metres) to 4,145 feet (1,263 metres) at Big ...
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Sep 12, 2018 · Carved by time and water, the Cumberland Plateau— the world's longest expanse of hardwood-forested plateau —boasts varied elevations, topography, soils and microclimates. With portions remaining remote and rugged, the Cumberland Plateau is a global hotspot for amphibians, cave fauna and vascular plants, and some of our nation's greatest ...
Jul 16, 2021 · The Cumberland Plateau is the world’s longest plateau of hardwood forest, measuring 40 to 50 miles long. Fifty eight of the species living the plateau are considered threatened or endangered. The plateau is mainly sandstone, and is underlain with limestone and coal deposits. The Cumberland Plateau is located within the Appalachian Mountains ...
The rocks that now form the cap of the Cumberland Plateau were laid down in a ancient shal low sea over 350 million years ago, during the Mississippian (360- 320 million years ago) and the Pennsylvanian (320 - 296 million years ago) periods of geologic time. These sediments were deposited in horizontal layers thousands of feet thick.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Cumberland Plateau or Cumberland Mountains, southwestern division of the Appalachian Mt. system, extending northeast to southwest through parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee into N Alabama. Black Mt., Ky., is the highest point (4,145 ft/1,263 m).
The idea of a hiking trail tracing the eastern escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau first emerged in the 1960s. Inspired by the success of the Appalachian Trail and the passage of the 1968 National Trails System Act, Mack Pritchard, who was the naturalist for the Division of State Parks, spearheaded the effort for the creation of the Cumberland Trail.
